Good Grief II

824 18th Avenue Northeast,Minneapolis MN 55418

11 May, 2023

Description

The show is committed to three ideas. The first is that grief is often lonely, and it shouldn’t be. The second is that the range of socially acceptable emotions to express about a departed loved one is too narrow, which contributes to grief’s loneliness. And the third is that our final death is when our names are no longer spoken: telling stories keeps the living and the departed alive. We envision a show that is a fuller reflection of human responses to loss, and celebrations of loved lives lived in all their complexities. Death or the deceased or their impact might be the beginning of a piece, the end of a piece, or present to some degree throughout. Our real experience of grief can be funny, difficult, surprising, off-beat and we we have invited the storytelling artists to expand the audience’s understanding of grief and help them meet those they loved or who shaped them. Masks optional.